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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Has Crashed, Possible Casualties
Gizmodo ^
| October 31, 2014
| Matt Novak
Posted on 10/31/2014 11:46:58 AM PDT by Truth29
Virgin Galactic is reporting that there has been an "in-flight anomaly" aboard SpaceShip Two. There are unconfirmed reports that one of the two pilots is dead.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aerospace; burtrutan; richardbranson; space; spaceship; spaceshiptwo; virgingalactic
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SpaceShip 2 has crashed.
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:46:58 AM PDT
by
Truth29
To: Truth29
Other thread said one chute spotted.
Hope everyone is alright, considering..
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:48:03 AM PDT
by
Ghost of SVR4
(So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
To: Truth29
2 mishaps in one week.....Damn!
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:48:24 AM PDT
by
RS_Rider
(I hate Illinois Nazis)
To: Truth29
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:48:32 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: Truth29
Space is a dangerous business. Prayers up.
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:48:36 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
To: Truth29
Good thing NASA decided to get out of the space thing and focus on more important things, like appeasing Moslems...
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:49:44 AM PDT
by
broken_arrow1
(I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot"d vo)
To: Truth29
Fox News on TV is all over the story now FWIW.
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:50:07 AM PDT
by
jiggyboy
(Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: Truth29
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:50:26 AM PDT
by
gaijin
To: Truth29
Leave rocketry to the Russians.
American is clearly not up to it anymore.
Hail Obama.
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:50:59 AM PDT
by
Eurotwit
To: PapaBear3625
Thread below alert indicates that this was the first test of a new fuel for the craft.
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:51:23 AM PDT
by
Truth29
To: PapaBear3625
Its almost as if something does not want us in space....
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:51:55 AM PDT
by
GraceG
(Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
To: Truth29
hopefully they tested the new fuel on the ground first
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:52:32 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: GraceG
More people like you... You and Obama is why we are where we are.
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:52:48 AM PDT
by
Eurotwit
To: Truth29
Not a good week for U.S. space endeavors.
To: Ghost of SVR4
Twitter From @AP: California Highway Patrol reports 1 fatality, 1 major injury after SpaceShipTwo accident
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:55:54 AM PDT
by
alancarp
To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:56:10 AM PDT
by
Eurotwit
To: Eurotwit
[ More people like you... You and Obama is why we are where we are. ]
How the heck did you get that from my comment:
“Its almost as if something does not want us in space....”
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:57:09 AM PDT
by
GraceG
(Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
To: GraceG
I’ll take ‘Gravity’ for $100, Alex.
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:59:00 AM PDT
by
Hoodat
(Article 4, Section 4)
To: Hoodat
[ I’ll take ‘Gravity’ for $100, Alex. ]
I had to take motion sickness medication to even watch that film....
I really have to wonder if the “elite” want to restrict access to space by us plebes....
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posted on
10/31/2014 12:00:58 PM PDT
by
GraceG
(Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
To: Hoodat
I don’t think gravity caused the mid-air explosion, although anything is possible
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posted on
10/31/2014 12:01:59 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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